Touble with Tkinter menus (code included)

[James Ash]

I'm writing a very simple and small Ptyhon/Tkinter application and I'm
having trouble getting the menus to appear correctly. Rather than a name
appearing on the menu bar, I see "()" instead. Clicking on these "()" does
nothing (other than changing the appearance of them to indicated they've
been pressed).

I'm using Python 2.2.3 on Win2K, using a release downloaded from one
of the Cygwin mirrors.

This is most likely a simple mistake on my part, but I can't find it. I'm new
to Python and Tkinter both.

Any help appreciated!
Jim
#! /usr/bin/env python

# $Id$
#
# File: timecard.py

import string
from Tkinter import *

class App:

def callback(self):
print "called the callback!"

def __init__(self, master):
frame=Frame(mas ter)
master.title("T imecard, Implemented in Cygwin supplied Python!")
master.maxsize( 1000, 400)
frame.pack()

self.b = Button(frame, text="Clock In", width=8, command=self.ca llback)
self.b.pack(sid e=LEFT, padx=2, pady=2)

self.b = Button(frame, text="Clock Out", width=8, command=self.ca llback)
self.b.pack(sid e=LEFT, padx=2, pady=2)

self.b = Button(frame, text="Report", width=8, command=self.ca llback)
self.b.pack(sid e=LEFT, padx=2, pady=2)

self.menubar = Menu(master)

self.filemenu=M enu(self.menuba r)
self.filemenu.a dd_command(mast er, label="Exit", command=self.ca llback)
self.menubar.ad d_cascade(maste r, label="File", menu=self.filem enu)

master.config(m enu=self.menuba r)

root = Tk()

app = App(root)
root.mainloop()

[Eric Brunel]

James Ash wrote:

I'm writing a very simple and small Ptyhon/Tkinter application and I'm
having trouble getting the menus to appear correctly. Rather than a name
appearing on the menu bar, I see "()" instead. Clicking on these "()" does
nothing (other than changing the appearance of them to indicated they've
been pressed).

I'm using Python 2.2.3 on Win2K, using a release downloaded from one
of the Cygwin mirrors.

This is most likely a simple mistake on my part, but I can't find it. I'm new
to Python and Tkinter both.

Any help appreciated!
Jim
#! /usr/bin/env python

# $Id$
#
# File: timecard.py

import string
from Tkinter import *

class App:

def callback(self):
print "called the callback!"

def __init__(self, master):
frame=Frame(mas ter)
master.title("T imecard, Implemented in Cygwin supplied Python!")
master.maxsize( 1000, 400)
frame.pack()

self.b = Button(frame, text="Clock In", width=8, command=self.ca llback)
self.b.pack(sid e=LEFT, padx=2, pady=2)

self.b = Button(frame, text="Clock Out", width=8, command=self.ca llback)
self.b.pack(sid e=LEFT, padx=2, pady=2)

self.b = Button(frame, text="Report", width=8, command=self.ca llback)
self.b.pack(sid e=LEFT, padx=2, pady=2)

self.menubar = Menu(master)

self.filemenu=M enu(self.menuba r)
self.filemenu.a dd_command(mast er, label="Exit", command=self.ca llback)
self.menubar.ad d_cascade(maste r, label="File", menu=self.filem enu)
No need for master in the two previous calls: doing just

self.filemenu.a dd_command(labe l="Exit", command=self.ca llback)
self.menubar.ad d_cascade(label ="File", menu=self.filem enu)

solves the problem.

Please refer to http://www.pythonware.com/library/tk...tion/index.htm
for further details.

master.config(m enu=self.menuba r)

root = Tk()

app = App(root)
root.mainloop()

HTH
--
- Eric Brunel <eric dot brunel at pragmadev dot com> -
PragmaDev : Real Time Software Development Tools - http://www.pragmadev.com

[James Ash]

Thanks!